[vlc-devel] [PATCH 5/5] doc: QtGl: add details on GetProcAddress impl

[Alexandre Janniaux]

---
 doc/libvlc/QtGL/qtvlcwidget.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/libvlc/QtGL/qtvlcwidget.cpp b/doc/libvlc/QtGL/qtvlcwidget.cpp
index e33f6a6c08..f5d9adcd3c 100644
--- a/doc/libvlc/QtGL/qtvlcwidget.cpp
+++ b/doc/libvlc/QtGL/qtvlcwidget.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ public:
     static void* get_proc_address(void* data, const char* current)
     {
         VLCVideo* that = static_cast<VLCVideo*>(data);
+        /* Qt usual expects core symbols to be queryable, even though it's not
+         * mentioned in the API. Cf QPlatformOpenGLContext::getProcAddress.
+         * Thus, we don't need to wrap the function symbols here, but it might
+         * fail to work (not crash though) on exotic platforms since Qt doesn't
+         * commit to this behaviour.  */
         return reinterpret_cast<void*>(that->mContext->getProcAddress(current));
     }
 
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2.29.2